[00:20.24]I got a letter from the government the other day
[00:23.08]Opened and read it, it said they were suckers
[00:25.82]They wanted me for their army or whatever
[00:28.53]Picture me giving a damn, I said never
[00:31.51]Here is a land that never gave a damn
[00:33.89]About a brother like myself because they never did
[00:37.16]I wasn't with it, but just that very minute
[00:39.59]It occured to me the suckers had authority
[00:42.93]Cold sweatin' as I dwell in my cell, how long has it been?
[00:46.38]They got me sittin' in the state pen
[00:48.40]I gotta get out but that thought was thought before
[00:51.22]I contemplated a plan on the cell floor
[00:53.99]I'm not a fugitive on the run
[00:56.21]But a brother like me began to be another one
[00:59.65]Public enemy servin' time, they drew the line y'all
[01:03.14]They criticize me for some crime
[01:16.48]I got a letter
[01:19.30]I got a letter
[01:22.07]I got a letter
[01:25.10]Picture me giving a damn, I said never
[01:36.25]It occured to me the suckers had authority
[01:39.49]Cold sweatin' as I dwell in my cell, how long has it been?
[01:43.13]They got me sittin' in the state pen
[01:45.05]I gotta get out but that thought was thought before
[01:50.80]I got a letter from the government the other day
[01:53.37]Opened and read it, it said they were suckers
[01:56.26]They wanted me for their army or whatever
[01:58.93]Picture me giving a damn, I said never
[02:01.99]Here is a land that never gave a damn
[02:04.41]'Bout a brother like me and myself because they never did
[02:07.60]I wasn't with it, but just that very minute
[02:10.16]It occured to me the suckers had authority
[02:13.34]Cold sweatin' as I dwell in my cell, how long has it been?
[02:16.89]They got me sittin' in the state pen
[02:18.91]I gotta get out but that thought was thought before
[02:21.64]I contemplated a plan on the cell floor
[02:24.41]I'm not a fugitive on the run
[02:30.23]I'm not a fugitive on the run
[02:41.52]Many switch in
[02:42.38]Switch on, switch off
[02:44.40]Many switch in
[02:45.17]Switch on, switch off
[02:49.92]Many switch in
[02:50.82]Switch on, switch off
[02:52.69]Many switch in
[02:53.60]Switch on, switch off
[02:55.47]Many switch in
[02:56.58]Switch on, switch off
[02:58.50]Nevertheless they cannot understand that I'm a black man
[03:01.98]And I could never be a veteran
[03:04.05]On the strength, the situation's unreal
[03:06.53]I got a raw deal, so I'm lookin' for the steel
[03:11.03]Lookin' for the steel
[03:15.32]I got a letter from the government the other day
[03:17.89]Opened and read it, it said they were suckers
[03:20.86]They wanted me for their army or whatever
[03:23.44]Picture me giving a damn, I said never
[03:26.51]Here is a land that never gave a damn
[03:28.89]'Bout a brother like me and myself because they never did
[03:31.82]I wasn't with it, but just that very minute
[03:34.65]It occured to me the suckers had authority
[03:37.92]Cold sweatin' as I dwell in my cell, how long has it been?
[03:41.36]They got me sittin' in the state pen
[03:43.32]I gotta get out but that thought was thought before
[03:46.15]I contemplated a plan on the cell floor
[03:49.13]I'm not a fugitive on the run
[03:52.01]I'm not
[03:58.02]I'm not
[04:01.10]I'm not a fugitive on the run
[04:03.44]But a brother like me began to be another one
[04:06.56]Public enemy servin' time, they drew the line y'all
[04:10.41]They criticize me for some crime
[04:17.46]I got a letter from the government the other day
[04:20.23]Opened and read it, it said they were suckers
[04:23.06]They wanted me for their army or whatever
[04:25.82]Picture me giving a damn, I said never
[04:28.65]Here is a land that never gave a damn
[04:30.98]'Bout a brother like me and myself because they never did
[04:34.41]I wasn't with it, but just that very minute
[04:57.26]I got a letter from the government the other day
[04:59.43]Opened and read it, it said they were suckers
[05:02.31]They wanted me for their army or whatever
[05:05.20]Picture me giving a damn, I said never
[05:08.07]Here is a land that never gave a damn